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Heaven is Music

Choral & Vocal Music of Virgil Thomson

Label: Albany Records

Catalog Number: TR1166

Running Time: 52:47

Composition Date: 1920 — 1978

Composers: Virgil Thomson

Performers: Gregory Davidson, tenor; Pedro d'Aquino, baritone; Steven Hartman, clarinet; Katherine Greene, viola; Thomas Mulvaney, percussion; Rosalind Rees, soprano; Steven Vosatka, piano; Georgette Hutchins, mezzo-soprano; Gregg Smith Singers; Susan Jolles, harp; Michael Osrowitz, percussion; Gregg Smith, Conductor

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De Profundis		3:22	Virgil Thomson
Performers: Gregg Smith Singers; Gregg Smith, Conductor Composition Date: 1920 — 1951
Tribulationes Civitatum		2:38	Virgil Thomson
Performers: Gregg Smith Singers; Gregg Smith, Conductor Composition Date: 1922
O my deir hert		1:45	Virgil Thomson
Performers: Gregg Smith Singers; Gregg Smith, Conductor; Rosalind Rees, soprano Composition Date: 1921 — 1978
Welcome to the New Year		:52	Virgil Thomson
Performers: Gregg Smith Singers; Gregg Smith, Conductor; Steven Vosatka, piano Composition Date: 1941
The Holly and the Ivy		4:13	Virgil Thomson
Performers: Gregg Smith Singers; Gregg Smith, Conductor; Steven Vosatka, piano Composition Date: 1955 — 1963
Four Songs on Poems of Thomas Campion		8:02	Virgil Thomson
Performers: Katherine Greene, viola; Rosalind Rees, soprano; Susan Jolles, harp; Steven Hartman, clarinet Composition Date: 1951
	Four Songs on Poems of Thomas Campion: I. Follow Your Saint	2:00	Virgil Thomson
	Performers: Rosalind Rees, soprano; Katherine Greene, viola; Steven Hartman, clarinet; Susan Jolles, harp Composition Date: 1951
	Four Songs on Poems of Thomas Campion: II. There is a Garden in her Face	2:04	Virgil Thomson
	Performers: Rosalind Rees, soprano; Katherine Greene, viola; Steven Hartman, clarinet; Susan Jolles, harp Composition Date: 1951
	Four Songs on Poems of Thomas Campion: III. Rose-Cheek'd Laura, Come	2:16	Virgil Thomson
	Performers: Rosalind Rees, soprano; Katherine Greene, viola; Steven Hartman, clarinet; Susan Jolles, harp Composition Date: 1951
	Four Songs on Poems of Thomas Campion: IV. Follow Thy Fair Sun	1:41	Virgil Thomson
	Performers: Rosalind Rees, soprano; Katherine Greene, viola; Steven Hartman, clarinet; Susan Jolles, harp Composition Date: 1951
Mass for Two-Part Chorus and Percussion		9:43	Virgil Thomson
Performers: Gregg Smith Singers; Thomas Mulvaney, percussion; Gregg Smith, Conductor Composition Date: 1934
	Mass for Two-Part Chorus and Percussion: Kyrie	1:12	Virgil Thomson
	Performers: Gregg Smith Singers; Gregg Smith, Conductor; Thomas Mulvaney, percussion Composition Date: 1934
	Mass for Two-Part Chorus and Percussion: Gloria	2:09	Virgil Thomson
	Performers: Gregg Smith Singers; Gregg Smith, Conductor; Thomas Mulvaney, percussion Composition Date: 1934
	Mass for Two-Part Chorus and Percussion: Credo	4:09	Virgil Thomson
	Performers: Gregg Smith Singers; Gregg Smith, Conductor; Thomas Mulvaney, percussion Composition Date: 1934
	Mass for Two-Part Chorus and Percussion: Sanctus	:34	Virgil Thomson
	Performers: Gregg Smith Singers; Gregg Smith, Conductor; Thomas Mulvaney, percussion Composition Date: 1934
	Mass for Two-Part Chorus and Percussion: Benedictus	:30	Virgil Thomson
	Performers: Gregg Smith Singers; Gregg Smith, Conductor; Thomas Mulvaney, percussion Composition Date: 1934
	Mass for Two-Part Chorus and Percussion: Agnus Dei	1:07	Virgil Thomson
	Performers: Gregg Smith Singers; Gregg Smith, Conductor; Thomas Mulvaney, percussion Composition Date: 1934
Seven Choruses from the Medea of Euripides		12:29	Virgil Thomson
Performers: Gregory Davidson, tenor; Pedro d'Aquino, baritone; Georgette Hutchins, mezzo-soprano; Gregg Smith Singers; Michael Osrowitz, percussion; Gregg Smith, Conductor Composition Date: 1934 — 1967
	Seven Choruses from the Medea of Euripides: I. O gentle heart	2:13	Virgil Thomson
	Performers: Gregg Smith Singers; Gregg Smith, Conductor Composition Date: 1934 — 1967
	Seven Choruses from the Medea of Euripides: II. Love, like a leaf	1:58	Virgil Thomson
	Performers: Gregg Smith Singers; Gregg Smith, Conductor Composition Date: 1934 — 1967
	Seven Choruses from the Medea of Euripides: III. O, happy were our fathers	1:46	Virgil Thomson
	Performers: Gregg Smith Singers; Gregg Smith, Conductor Composition Date: 1934 — 1967
	Seven Choruses from the Medea of Euripides: IV. Weep for the little lambs	1:24	Virgil Thomson
	Performers: Gregg Smith Singers; Gregg Smith, Conductor Composition Date: 1934 — 1967
	Seven Choruses from the Medea of Euripides: V. Go down, O Sun	:38	Virgil Thomson
	Performers: Gregg Smith Singers; Gregg Smith, Conductor Composition Date: 1934 — 1967
	Seven Choruses from the Medea of Euripides: VI. Behold, O Earth	2:49	Virgil Thomson
	Performers: Gregg Smith Singers; Gregg Smith, Conductor; Georgette Hutchins, mezzo-soprano; Gregory Davidson, tenor; Pedro d'Aquino, baritone Composition Date: 1934 — 1967
	Seven Choruses from the Medea of Euripides: VIII. Immortal Zeus Controls the Fate of Man	1:38	Virgil Thomson
	Performers: Gregg Smith Singers; Gregg Smith, Conductor; Michael Osrowitz, percussion Composition Date: 1934 — 1967
My Shepherd Will Supply My Need		3:50	Virgil Thomson
Performers: Gregg Smith Singers; Gregg Smith, Conductor Composition Date: 1937
Hymns from the Old South		5:49	Virgil Thomson
Performers: Gregg Smith Singers; Gregg Smith, Conductor Composition Date: 1949
	Hymns from the Old South: Morning Star	1:13	Virgil Thomson
	Performers: Gregg Smith Singers; Gregg Smith, Conductor Composition Date: 1949
	Hymns from the Old South: Death, 'tis a melancholy day	2:15	Virgil Thomson
	Performers: Gregg Smith Singers; Gregg Smith, Conductor Composition Date: 1949
	Hymns from the Old South: Green Fields	2:19	Virgil Thomson
	Performers: Gregg Smith Singers; Gregg Smith, Conductor Composition Date: 1949